Colonel.—Field-Marshal H.R.H. Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, K.G.
Lieut.-Colonel.—Colonel Hon. H. Brand, C.B.
Majors.—First Major—Colonel Sir R. D. Jackson, K.C.B.
Second ” —Colonel A. Woodford, C.B.
Captains.—Colonel Sir H. Bouverie, K.C.B.; Lieut.-Colonels James Macdonell, C.B.; J. Hamilton; and L. Adams (Mounted).
Lieut.-Colonels H. Loftus; W. H. Raikes; F. Sutton; F. Milman; T. Gore; T. Barrow; D. MacKinnon; Hon. J. Walpole; H. Dawkins; Colonels Hon. A. Abercromby, C.B.; Sir C. Campbell, K.C.B.; Lieut.-Colonel Hon. E. Acheson, C.B.; Colonel Sir R. Arbuthnot, K.C.B.; Lieut.-Colonels Sir W. Gomm, K.C.B.; Hon. H. Pakenham, C.B.; and H. Wyndham.
Lieutenants.—Lieut.-Colonel T. Steele; Major G. Bowles; Captains T. Sowerby; P. Sandilands; Lieut.-Colonel J. Fremantle, C.B.; Captains J. Prince (Adjutant); J. V. Harvey; W. Walton (Brigade-Major in France); A. Wedderburn; C. White; T. Bligh; C. Shawe; Major C. Bentinck (Adjutant); Captains J. Talbot; W. Baynes; W. Stothert; J. S. Cowell; W. Grimstead; Lord Hotham; W. Anstruther; Hon. J. Rous; C. Shirley; J. Drummond; Hon. R. Moore; C. Girardot; T. Chaplin; E. Clifton; H. Salwey; G. G. Morgan.
Ensigns.—Lieutenants T. Duncombe; Hon. J. Forbes; T. Powys; H. Gooch; A. Cuyler; M. Beaufoy; W. Kortright; H. Armytage; Hon. W. Rous; H. Bentinck; F. Shawe; H. St. J. Mildmay; F. Buller; H. Griffiths; J. Buller; J. Montagu; J. Hervey; H. Vane; F. Douglas; R. Bowen; F. FitzClarence; A. Gordon; Hon. W. Forbes; C. Short; H. Serjeantson; R. Beamish; Lord Wallscourt; Jasper Hall; J. Jenkinson; W. Cornwall; H. Murray; and E. Duke.
Quartermasters.—T. Dwelly; and B. Selway.
Surgeon-Major.—J. Simpson. Battalion Surgeons.—J. Rose; and W. Whymper. Assistant Surgeons.—T. Maynard; G. Smith; S. Worrell; and W. Hunter.
Solicitor.—J. Wilkinson, Esq.
3. George Hooper, Waterloo: the Downfall of the First Napoleon , pp. 239, 263 (London, 1862).
4. Alphonse de Lamartine, The History of the Restoration of the Monarchy in France , ii. 443 (London, 1852).
5. Hooper, p. 265.
6. Hooper, 275; Lamartine, ii. 480.
7. Lamartine, ii. 478.
8. Byron, Age of Bronze, iii.
9. Hooper, Waterloo , pp. 280, 285.
10. B: M. Guizot, History of France, 1789-1848 , edited by Madame de Witt, née Guizot, viii. 231 (London, 1881).
11. Hooper, p. 286, etc.
12. Appendix No. I. 1.
13. Appendix I. 2.
14. Appendix I. 3.
15. Capt. Siborne, History of the War in France and Belgium in 1815, ii. 370 (2nd edit., London, 1844). See Map No. 1, p. 54.
16. Siborne, ii. p. 403.
17. Siborne, ii. 415.
18. Siborne, ii. 427, etc.
19. Siborne, ii. 378.
20. Hooper, Waterloo , p. 286.
21. Siborne, ii. 450.
22. Hooper, 296.
23. Siborne, ii. 470, where the text of the Convention is given in full.
24. Davoût told Marshal Macdonald that the effective of the army going beyond the Loire amounted to 150,000 men, 30,000 horses, and 750 guns (Souvenirs du Maréchal Macdonald, p. 393).
25. Siborne, ii. 481, etc.
26. The Despatches of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington during his Various Campaigns, etc. , compiled by Colonel Gurwood, viii. 186 (London, 1847).
27. Ibid. , viii. 198.
28. Supplementary Despatches, etc., of Field-Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington , compiled by his son, xi. 98 (London, 1864).
29. Ibid. , xi. 35, 121. Wellington Despatches (Gurwood), viii. 249.
30. Colonel MacKinnon, Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards , i. 190, 211, and ii. 368 (London, 1833). The Prince Regent also conferred upon the First Guards the title of Grenadier Guards, “in commemoration of their having defeated the Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard upon this memorable occasion” (ibid., ii. 368).
31. A return, dated Adjutant-General’s Office, April 13, 1816, was transmitted to the Duke of Wellington from the Horse-Guards on July 16th of that year, showing the number of sergeants, trumpeters, drummers, farriers, and rank and file of the British army, who were killed, wounded, or missing in the actions fought in Flanders on the 15th, 16th, and 18th of June, 1815. The following concerns the Division of Guards:—
| Wounded. | Missing. | |||||||||||
| Killed | Died of Wounds | Suffered Amputation. | Discharged. | Transferred to Vet. or Garr. Battns. | Rejoined Regiment. | Remain in Hospital. | Total. | Rejoined Regiment. | Not since heard of; supposed dead. | |||
| Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battn. | 61 | 29 | 6 | 44 | -— | 197 | 26 | 302 | 10 | 38 | ||
| ” ” 3rd ” | 71 | 30 | 14 | 48 | -— | 361 | 33 | 482 | 3 | 32 | ||
| Coldstream ” 2nd ” | 47 | 26 | 6 | -— | -— | 208 | 1 | 241 | 4 | -— | ||
| Third ” ” ” | 39 | 47 | 12 | 21 | -— | 96 | 19 | 195 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Total Guards Division | 218 | 132 | 38 | 113 | -— | 862 | 79 | 1224 | 34 | 72 | ||
| Total British Army | 1715 | 856 | 236 | 506 | 167 | 5068 | 854 | 7687 | 482 | 353 | ||
Supplementary Despatches, etc. , xiv. 632, 633.633.
32. The Junior Adjutant was invariably posted to the 2nd Battalion at that time, and on becoming Senior Adjutant he was transferred to the 1st Battalion. This custom prevailed until about 1840. Major C. Bentinck, while Junior Adjutant, served at the battle of Waterloo as Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General, his place in the Battalion having been taken by Captain Walton.
33. Supplementary Despatches, etc. , xi. 151.